At this moment, everyone turned to Elder Cooper.
Elder Copper smiled and then explained to the crowd, "Gentlemen, around six hundred thousand people have entered, of which three to four hundred thousand are people from the mainland, while the remaining two hundred thousand are those from the sea territory. I'm not sure how they found the way in but they are here now.
Moreover, they have been here for around twenty days now. During these twenty days, some of the talented geniuses have broken through to the ultimate god realm."
"My goodness! They're here for twenty days already? These outsiders, they've been here for so many days yet we only found out about it now!”
"Ya, we're too careless about this! It would be even harder for us to notice their presence if they just entered and left the forest in a short period of time."
"No. It's impossible that we won't be aware of them. After all, hundreds of thousands of them entered, and among them, there are different clans and families, and not all of them are united. There must be some bad blood between these clans and families.
The crowd gasped as soon as Elder Cooper dropped another bomb.
Ella forced an awkward smile and screwed up her face slightly. In fact, she was the first to find out that Fane and the others had come in. However, she promised Fane that she would help them hence she did not return to her fortress and report the matter immediately, rather, she continued searching for treasures inside the forest. Sometimes when she ran into those outsiders, she would simply take a detour and leave, pretending not to see them.
And what she did had led to the current situation. She tried to drag the matter to the point that it could no longer be hidden. The people of the Nine Armies were finally informed of the matter.
"And then? Anything else?”
Elder Cooper paused for a few seconds before continuing, "I'll let my grandson tell everyone. After all, they are the ones who ran into them, and came back to us and reported. They know the best about the situation!"
Arthur then stepped forward, looked at the First Fortress Master, and said, "Alright. The thing is...”
Arthur then carefully narrated the situation from head to toe, sparing no details, to everyone in the meeting.
Of course, when he spoke about Helena Cabello, it was about the good things about her and her people—how kind and friendly these outsiders were, how they were concerned about Arthur and Ella’s safety, asking them to leave the scene first, how understanding they were and so on. Arthur praised them thoroughly, praying that the First Fortress Master and others would not hate Helena and her group and would agree to save them.
The meeting room once again became lively after listening to Arthur’s words. It was an animated discussion.
"Sigh! What should we do with this bunch of outsiders? If we refuse to save them, it'd go against our values, after all, we are working with the Anti-Alliance Guard. And these years, we have been heavily relying on the Anti-Alliance Guard too. That's why those Bloodshed Clan and others would not dare to lay a finger on us! But...but Bloodshed Clan is a strong clan, and they're stronger than us! How are we, these rabbles, able to fight against them? Sigh!"
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